While Africa’s economic performance since the 2000s has indeed been ahighly notable success, it has not managed to solve the problem of povertyas such economic success has not translated into job and income creation. TheAfrican economy is still trapped within the confines of a monocultural economy,relying on an inefficient system built on a limited inventory of primary goods;it is not only failing to produce added value but also suffering from de-industrializationwith the aim of settling into the normal process of economicturnabout still far on the horizon. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),an international initiative to eradicate poverty, are nearing their conclusionin 2015 after starting in 2000, and contrary to the initial expectations, thelack of tangible effects on Africa has given weight to the argument that bigchanges to the paradigm of aid giving are inevitable. (The rest omitted)